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BAILY uid WEEKLY Published by BULLETIN PUBLISHING CO., LTD.
At 120 King Street, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii.
flsfly every day except Sunday. Weekly Issued on luetday ot each week,
HEMBEB OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESI.
Wallace R. ParrltiKton, - Editor
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WEDNESDAY
NZWSPAPERS AND IHISTORIANS.
Criticism of newspaper nccurncy Is
a favorlle pastime of the people who
don't know much of facts themselves
mid pick upon the exceptional ovll
of it dishonest paper as a ruling
characteristic or the press. Dishonest
newspapers, like dishonest men. do
exist.
Tim historian probably Btudles tha
nciuiary of the nuwspnper with more
disci Inilnntlng care than the man
who rends paper for news or ,flmls
opinions expressed not to his liking
The hlstorlun accepts the news
paper, honest or dishonest, ns a cor-
leit Index ot the times.
This is the sensible conclusion tn
ken by the author of one of the pa
pets read at u recent national ossein
hly of historians. He ndmlts It may
he true that reports Riven In ocrtnn
newspapers nre colored to suit a per
gonal or spiteful whim but this he
considers n correct representation of
the times, because every truth has Its
nrcompan)liiK untruth, and the prop
er historians seek the situation ns It
la, rather than ns they think it
should be.
Taking as his subject "The Use of
Newspapers for the History ot tho
l'erlod from 1S50-1877," Mr. Rhodes
mid:
"The attitude of society to tho
newspaper Is unsympathetic and this
afreets to some degree the feeling of
American hUtorlnns when they con
sider the use of newspapers as histo
rical materials, leading them to
adopt an apologetic tone In justify
ing their employment. This attitudo
Is, however, beside the question, as
Ih seen when we detach ourselves
fiom American life and conditions.
1'or example, when Aulard crltlclics
Talnu for using two only ot tho
twelve journals nvallablo for the his
tory of the French Revolution our Im
liroslon Is the snmo as If Taine were
criticised for the neglect of evidence
of another class. Taking the news-
paper for what It Is. with Its virtues
nnd Its limitations, It seems curious
that nn apology should be necessary
'for Its uso ns historical material. For
It is contemporary, written without
' l.nowledgo of tho end, nnd its aim Is
to print tho news which Is present
. politics. It Its relation Is colored by
honest or llshoncst partisanship,
that may be easily detected.
( "For the history of the decade of
1S50-18G0 newspapeis nre indispen
sable to get nt nil the facts, to go
to tho bottom of things, and to por
tray the changing public opinion
which U u prominent feature of thoso
ten jenrs. As 1 based statement nft
jcr statement upon newspaper nuthor
ity, knowing that I was subjecting
myself to criticism, I could not keep
thinking of tho cogency of tho re
mark, so well nttcsted by n variety
if examples.
"A modern newspaper statement,
though probably true, if quoted In a
hook as testimony, would be laughed
at; but the letter of a court gossip,
If written soma centuries ago, Is
thought good historical evidence
When wo test newspaper evidence ns
we do nil other evidence, taking Into
nrcount the general situation, the
nxurroundlng Influences, and tho Indi
vidual bias of the journalist, we shall
llud It excellent .authority, contribut
ing to a vivid narrntlvo. This Is es
pecially so for the decade ot 185Q
ISUO.when It Is well worth while to
have tho -statements and opinions ot
such great Journalist as Greeley,
l).mn, Drynntr lilgelow, Raymond,
AVebli. Ilowles, Thurlow, Weed,
Kchoulcr. and Modi!!.
"For the history of the Clvl War,
tho newspapers, bo far as theNorth
ern side Is concerned, are not, so Im
' portant for historical evidence, us
during tho decade preceding It. Tho
The story ot campaigns and battles,
which naturally (HI so much ot this
fcpacc, Is moro accurately and thor-
- oughly told In the monumental pub
' Mention of our Government tho
. Official. Records of the Union and Con
federate Armies. Tho Southern
newspapers, however, give many use
ful political facts nowhere else to bo
found, and they reflect admirably
Southern society, peculiar n that It
wus cut off from Intercourse with
'the outer world owing to the efllclent
Federal blockade.
i "In the history of Reconstruction
.llipulstorian may be to a largo ex
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Entered at the rout office at Honolulu
aecotit claiv metier.
JANUARY 0, 1909
tent Independent of the dally news
paper. Reconstruction was the
work of Congress nnd Its debntcs nnd
acts are tho essential things."
. Mr. Rhodes summed up his paper
with the concluding remark: "The
duty ot the historian is not to decide
It the newspapers nre as good ns
they ought to be, hut to measure
their Inllucnce on tho present and to
lccognlzc their Importance ns an am
ple nnd lontcmpornty record of tho
past."
MAYOR ANDJEMBEHS
(Continued from Pace 1)
that those minutes state the true ver
sion of our last meeting, nnd 1 de
cline to put the question."
MeClellan Supnorts Mayor
Supervisor MeClellan then nrose,
saying: "Gentlemen, I contend Hint
that special meeting was called for
the approval of the bonds of the
elective ulllcers nnd for no oilier pur
pose. "I do not believe that It was right to
transact nay other business at a meet
ing railed for that special puriiose. I
therefore ask that the adoption of tho
minutes bo deferred." (Again cries of
'question" Interrupted tho speaker,
Tho Mayor then nroBo again, saying.
"Gentlemen, there nro matters that I
want to look Into before tho minutes
nro adopted. I therefore ask again
that the adoption of the minutes bo
postponed." (Calls of "question.")
Qulnn ".Mr. Chairman, wo do not
want to ho dlsroiinteous toward tho
Mayor, but wo hciieva that the minutes
ns read cover tho matter exactly."
The question wns then put and can
ried, six to 1, MeClellan only voting
"no."
Tho adoption of tho minutes proved
tho signal for i battlo royal. MeClel
lan, tho lono Democrat on the Hoard,
backed Fern up at every ditch, but tho
Republican majority carried every
thing. Room Was Crowded,
Tho Supervisors' room wns crowded
to tho doors long before the hour set
For Rent
Nuuanu Valley ,..,.$25,00
Quarry Street t$22.50
Kinau Street $25.00
Nuuanu Street , .$50.00
School Street ...,?40.00
Kaimuki $25.00
Lunalilo Street .$25.00
FoivSale
Nuuanu Valley, 1 1-4 Quarter
,acres $2500.
Manoa Valley Building Lots $1000
.and upwards.
Also lots at Puunui and KalmuJci.
Beach property at Kaalawai,
Waterhouse Trust
COR. FORT AND MERCHANT STS.
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that a steamer four days from
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for the meeting When Mayor Fern
called IJio meeting to order. promptl
bt 7:30 o'clock.lhoro was, not only no
vacant space In tho room Itself, but
pcoplo wero lined up, ten deep, nt tho
doors. The windows hnd to bo" thrown
open to admit enough air to make the
crowded room even bearable.
Thero was n hushed air of expect
ancy as Mayor Fern took his seat, and
It could plainly bo seen that tho ma
jority of tho onlookers Jiad turned put
In anticipation of a fight between the
city's chief executlvo and tho legisla
tive body. It was patent that every
man present expected that something
was going to happen.
During tho reading of tho minutes
llio crowd stood about In Impatient at
titudes, apparently searching tho faces
of tho Supervisors as though they ex
pected to rend thero what the members
of that body might have In mind.
Fight Begins.
No sooner hnd tho vote been taken
on tho adoption of tho minutes than
Mayor Fern nroso and began to namo
tho various standing committees which
ho hnd selected. Tho personnel of the
committees wns tho B.imo ns that al
lendy announced by Ills Honor.
At tho conclusion of 'the announce
ment of the committees, nnd before
any of tho Supervisors who hail started
to their feet could get a word In, tho
Major announced thai, as thero
teemed to bo n dlffcrenco ot opinion
between himself and the Hoard of Sup
ervisors relative to certain points of
law, ho had prepared a letter to submit
to tho County Attorney, ni)klng for
Ids opinion. Ho then directed the
Clerk to rend tho letter, which was as
follows:
Letter to County Attorney,
J. W. Cathcnrt, Esq,, City and Coun
ty Attorney of the City nnd
County of Honolulu, City.
Pear Sir: In view of the appar
ent differences of opinion that havo
arisen ns to the meaning of certain
portions of tho Municipal Act, I de
Blro your legal opinion, In writing, on
the fallowing points:
Section 112 of the Act Incorporat
ing the City and County of Honolulu
provides us .follows:
'Section H2, All ordinances, or
ders, nnd resolutions ot (lie Supervi
sors of tho County of O.ihu In forco
at tho tlmo this charter takes effect
nnd not Inconsistent herewith shall
continue In force until nmended or
repented by tho Hoard of Supervisors
ot tho City and County of Honolulu."
Under this provision when did tho
charier provided for In said Act tako
effect? Was the charter In effect
during tho month ot, December last?
If you are ot the opinion that the
charter did not tnko effect until noon
of January 4th of this year, what ef
fect, If nny, did the resolution passed
by the retiring Hoard of Supervisors
of the County of Oahu, doing away
with all offices and positions not, ex
pressly created by tho County Act or
by ordinance, have upon tho appoint
ments made by mo ns Mayor during
the month ot December, pursuant to
Section 110 of the Municipal Act?
Again, I would further nsk your
opinion on this point: If, as n mat
ter of fact, appointments were duly
made by me as Mayor under Section
14C ot tho Municipal Act between tho
1st day ot December last, and tho 1st
day of January of this year, and tho
persons bo nppolntcd thereupon qual
ified, as in the Municipal Act provid
ed, and were ready to tnko ofllco be
fore tho passago by the Hoard ot Su-
pervUois of tho County of Oahu of
the resolution abovo inferred to, on
the -ith day of January, would or
could such action by said Hoard of
Supervisors annul the appointments
made by nu ns Mayor at a time when
the offices, filled by me existed under
lawful regulations ot tho Hoard of
Supervisors of the County ot Oahu?
What appointments Is the Mayor
required to make under Section HO
of the Municipal Act?
Assuming that the Hoard ot Su
pervisors of tho County of O.ihu had
authority to do away with offlccs und
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positions filled In mo ns Major under
Section 146 of the Municipal Act,
during the month of December, Is the
resolution ns passed by them on tho
i Hi day of January, 1309, n valid
nnd -legal resolution, particularly
taking into consideration that It at
tempted to seep nwny nt once nil
boards, committees, commissions, of
fices, posltjons nnd employments
theretofore created by the Hoard of
Supervisors of the County of Oahu,
except those created by ordinance:
and taking Into consideration fur
ther that It attempted to do away
with all motions, votes, orders, reso
lutions, rules nnd regulations creat
ing or tending to create such hoards,
committees, commissions, offlccs, po
sitions and employments, nnd taking
Into consideration that It nlso at
tempted In the same resolution to do
away with nit rules nnd regulations
adopted by Bald Hoard ot Supervisors
nnd then in force?
In other words, I dcslro to have
jour opinion as to whether such a
sweeping resolution is valid or whe
ther It Is not Invalid and nbortlve,
as unreasonable and nrbltrarj', mak
ing no provision In said resolution
tor the substitution of nny other
i tiles, resolutions or orders providing
for the maintenance of the business
of the count
Turning to the action taken by tho
Hoard of Supervisors under tho Mu
nicipal Act nt tho Speclnl Meeting of
said Hoard, held ou the 4th Inst., I
desire your opinion on the following
points: '
Does the resolution and vote under
which the Hoard of Supervisors as
sumed to adopt ccrtnln rules nnd
regulations fur the government of
that body tome within the provisions
of Section 20, Chapter 4 ot tho Mu
nicipal Act' In short, should that
resolution properly conic before me
for approval or veto? And In Hint
connection I ileal ro further to nsk
whether the provision In Bald rules
purported o bo adopted by the pres
ent Hoard of Supervisors, particular
ly Section 13 authorizing the Com
mittee on Roads nnd Ilridgcs, etc., to
engage nil employees under said de
partment, constitutes a provision In
volving the disposition of public prop
erty or the expenditure ot public
money under Section 17, Chapter 4 of
the Municipal Act?
(Note: Tho power to engage em
ployees runs throughvnrlous portions
of tho rules, nnd my quorj-, whllo ill-
Kcted. specifically to tho rulo govern
ing the powers of the Committee on
Roads, etc, is intended to reach' like
piovlslons throughout the rules In
question.)
I desire further to nsk whether tho
rules and regulations authorizing the
engaging of employees and creating
boards nnd conferring other powers
upon th'eni 'can lawfully bo passed nt
a Special Meeting called by mo for
tho sole, purpose of approving official
bonds, dhd whether such provisions
nre properly contulncd'ln rules estab
lished for the proceedings of the
Hoard under sub-division 2, Section
9, of Chapter 4 of the Municipal Act?
I would ask your opinion whether
or not tho alleged mlcs nnd regula
tions Infringe upon tho executive or
appointing power of the Mayor, par
ticularly in confen Ing executlvo
power upon committees ot the Hoard
of Supervisors, Including the power
to engage men und direct their work?
I nBk your opinion. ns to tho valid
ity of the action of tho Hoard of Su
pervisors under tho Municipal Act,
taken on tho 4th lust., whereby said
Hoard of Supervisors assumed to re
peal by passing n resolution Identical
with the resolution passed by tho
Hoard of Supervisors of tho County
of Oahu, on the 4th Inst., ccrtnln or
ders, resolutions, etc., considering In
that connection that Bald resolution
was carried and declared adopted and
In forco and effect without contain
ing nny specification of the different
municipal resolutions, orders, etc.,
that wero repealed thereby and with
out submitting the samo to mo for np
provul or veto. And in this connec
tion I further ask your opinion whe
thcr it was In tho power of the Hoard
of Supervisors to puss tho resolution
inn roierrcu to ai me special Meet
ing on the 4th day of January, limit
ed to tho purposo hereinabove set
forth.
In conclusion I deilre to eay tha,t
largo sums of money will be expend
ed and heavy obligations Incurred In
the near future, based upon the ac
tion liorotoforo taken by tho Hoard of
Supervisors In tho piemlses, and tho
legality ot such expenditures will de
pend upon the proceedings heretofore
i.1d, nnd I must.be satisfied of the
Clearance Sale
OF
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AND
Shirtwaist Suils
MONDAY. JANUARY 11TH,
AT 8 A.-M.
?3.C0 to $7 Suits for $2 each.
Shirtwaists at 50c and $1 each.
EHLERS
Catarrh, the Bane of the World
P.eruiia, the Standard Remedy.
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CATARRH. &Wl$m -j. CATARRH.
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Catarrh is recognized ail over the civilized world as
a formidable disease. In the United States alone, two
hundred thousand people have catarrh annually. In
other countries the ratio of victims is as great.
For many years Peruna has held the foremost
place as a standard remedy for catarrh.
Peruna is well-known in both the western and
eastern hemispheres.
The following wholesale druggists will
validity of nil action so taken beforo
I can mnl.o niytelf a party thereto.
As early n I espouse ns. tho impor
tance of tho matters Involved will
warrant Is respectfully requested.
Yours faithfully,
JOSKl'lI J. FI3RN,
Mayor.
Committees Opposed.
After tho reading of tho common
munlcutlon, Snpenleor Logan arose.
saying:
".Mr. Major, I movo that yo'ur list of
committees bo laid on the table. Kvi-u
It you had tho nuthorllv to niinio the
committees, I should be opposed t )
thoso that joii havo mimed for they
consist of only two members each. I
never heard of Important committees
of less than three members. I move
that tho list of committed! bo laid or
tho table,"
The motion was duly seconded.
Maj-or "I rule that motion out (.'
order nnd decline to put t fio question."
Logan Gets Busy.
Logan ".Mr. Mayor, I respectfully
appeal from tho ruling ot Jlio Chair."
Mayor "I decline to put tho up
real."
Logan-"Mr Mayor, foj- (ho first
(Continued on Page 5)
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